Well, well, well....I was *sure* that this could not be done. Wrong. After a closer reading of the SMP/E Commands manual, it appears that SMP/E fully supports sending ++HOLD ACTION or ++HOLD EC statements "after the fact" via the same mechanism (RECEIVE HOLDDATA) as ++HOLD ERROR commands.
So, the answer appears to be "yes", IBM could send electronic updates to ++HOLD information. Today they do not do this, but SMP/E itself apparently supports this. For those interested in looking into this further, in the SMP/E manuals, they uses the phrase "HOLDSYSTEM (external)" to refer to ++HOLD SYSTEM statements which are provided to a global zone via a RECEIVE HOLDDATA command and the SMPHOLD DD statement, and the phrase "HOLDSYSTEM (internal)" to refer to ++HOLD SYSTEM statements which are included as part of a PTF and provided to a global zone via a RECEIVE SYSMODS command and the SMPPTFIN DD statement. Brian On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:32:54 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <shmuel+ibm- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/29/2005 > at 02:46 PM, Brian Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >said: > >>What is really needed is a ++HOLD ACTION or ++HOLD EC with text >>stating that "Vendor-A microcode level xxx is required for >>compatability with PTF UZ11111". However, ++HOLD ACTION / ++HOLD EC >>text must be included in the original PTF - they cannot be added >>later. > >Are you sure they can't be picked up by RECEIVE HOLDDATA? > >-- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
